National Register of Historic Places in Sacramento County
The Masonic Order had been the domain of males until the year 1850 when Dr. Rob Morris, a Master Mason living in Jackson, Mississippi, set about to devise a ritual for the adoption of females into Masonry. From this originated the Order of the Eastern Star.
The Sacramento Order of the Eastern Star was established in 1879. From 1923 to 1928 five OES chapters in Sacramento planned and raised funds for the Temple which was dedicated on October 16, 1928.
Eastern Star Hall is a polychrome brick and terra cotta building, Romanesque Revival in style with Moorish or Byzantine elements. It is located on the edge of downtown Sacramento in a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood. Sutter's Fort State Historic Park is across the street.
Adapted from the NRHP nomination submitted in 1992.
Some Masonic Halls in California
Alameda
Benicia
Berkeley
Camptonville
Colfax
Columbia
Daly City
Downieville
Ferndale
Fort Bragg
Grass Valley
Greenville
Hornitos
Jamestown
Knights Ferry
Mendocino
Milton
Murphys
Nevada City
North Bloomfield
Orland
Sacramanto
Sacramanto (Eastern Star Hall)
Saint Helena
San Francisco (1849)
San Francisco (1911)
Shasta State Historic Park
Sonoma
Suison City
Susanville
Tehama
Vallejo
Westwood
Wheatland
Willows
Woodbridge
Other Masonic Halls in The American West
Ashland, Oregon
Austin, Nevada
Genoa, Nevada
Gardnerville, Nevada